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The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Luis Carlos Montalván

Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.

Turkish warplanes bomb Kurd bases in northern Iraq

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics


ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, the military said Sunday, two days after rebels killed 15 s...

Area Of Iraq "On The Verge Of Exploding"

Washington Post | Amit R. Paley | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics


Kurdish leaders have expanded their authority over a roughly 300-mile-long swath of territory beyond the borders of their autonomous region in norther...

New Feuds Form In The Wake Of The "Surge"

The Guardian | Jonathan Steele | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home


Back in Baghdad for the first time this year, I was consumed by the issue of change. What's different, I would ask almost every Iraqi I met. "What abo...

U.S. To Hand Over Security In Anbar To The Iraqis

The New York Times | Erica Goode | Posted 09.28.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD -- The American military will hand over responsibility for the security of Anbar Province, once a stronghold of the Sunni insurgency and one o...

George W. Bush is to Georgia as George H.W. Bush is to Kurdistan

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics


Marty Kaplan

I'm not bothered by 41 having an Oedipal thing to work out with 43. I just wish it they could do it around the dinner table, instead of breaking so much crockery on the world stage.

Iraq According To Its Sheikhs

David A. Andelman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


David A. Andelman

Yugoslavia has come apart, creating (so far) seven new and relatively peaceful nations. I asked 11 Iraqi sheikhs and provincial governors, Why not do this in Iraq today?

Iraq National Security Advisor: The "Government Is At A Stalemate"

Washington Post | Mowaffak al-Rubaie | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Iraq's government is at a stalemate. As in the United States, there is much discussion here of the need for political reconciliation. What does that m...

Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurdish Rebels In Northern Iraq

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Turkish warplanes bombed separatist Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Saturday, a statement posted on the military's Web site said. The milit...

Mass Graves Discovered Near 'Torture Center' In Northern Iraq

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


...Meanwhile, U.S. soldiers carrying out operations in volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad found mass graves next to what they called a torture ...

Turkey: Surge In Fighting With Kurds "Unavoidable"

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday increased military action against separatist Kurdish rebels was "unavoidable" and pressed the United States for a...